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Thursday, November 11, 2021
UPSON
UCSO Reports Arrests
BEACON
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Recent arrests and
charges reported by the
office of Sheriff Dan Kil
gore include the follow
ing:
William Kyle Melton,
felony theft by taking,
fleeing or attempting to
elude law enforcement,
and two felony counts of
probation violation, along
with multiple misde
meanor traffic violations;
Steven Clyde Lewis,
two counts of illegal pos
session of a controlled
substance;
Brenton W. Trice, ille
gal possession of a con
trolled substance;
Devin Blaze Huckaby,
second-degree criminal
damage to property;
Katherine Elizabeth
Bass, felony failure to ap
pear;
Jameze Keshawn Fall
ings, two counts of felony
probation violation (theft
by receiving stolen prop
erty and possession of
methamphetamine or
driving under the in
fluence);
Wesley George Bailey,
felony parole violation
(burglary, criminal dam
age to property).
TPD Reports Arrests
The following arrests
and charges were reported
recently by Thomaston Po
lice Department:
Michael Dalton
Bridges, aggravated assault
(Family Violence Act), sec
ond-degree cruelty to chil
dren, and criminal
interference with govern
ment property, along with
misdemeanor simple bat
tery;
Jason Larocque, pos
session of a Schedule II
controlled substance and
possession and use of
drug-related objects;
Jasmine Rena Harts-
field, manufacture, posses
sion, etc. of illegal drugs,
possession of a firearm
during commission of a
crime, and misdemeanor
carrying a concealed
weapon;
Charles Cintez Foster,
possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute
and possession of a Sched
ule I or II controlled sub
stance;
Shirley Dawn Green,
felony theft by taking;
Martez Demond Terry,
possession of a firearm by
a convicted felon, along
with obstructing or hinder
ing law enforcement and
multiple traffic violations;
Penny Gail Cannon, il
legal possession of a con
trolled substance;
Keteria Kiymon Fergu
son, felony probation vio
lation;
Eddie Lamar Reviere,
fleeing or attempting to
elude law enforcement,
two counts of obstruction,
and multiple misdemeanor
traffic violations.
Volunteers and staff members of Community Care Thrift Store
Submitted
A Community Care Kind of Christmas
Community Care Thrift
Store volunteers worked all
day Saturday kicking off the
Christmas season. They
lined the storefront with
Christmas trees, wreaths
and decorations that were
sold to raise funds for the
store that always gives back.
Community Care do
nates the proceeds back to
community organizations
and ministries that meet the
needs of the community.
There are still lots of
Christmas trees and other
items available and they are
always taking donations of
items that are used, but in
good shape, including
Christmas decor. All dona
tions are tax deductible.
Community Care is lo
cated at 108 Short E Street
in Thomaston and is open
Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Community Care Thrift
Store, founded on Christian
prin-idples, was established
in 2009 as an independent,
non-profit, retail store, and
is stocked with donated
items of clothing, household
goods, and furniture that is
minimally priced, success
fully becoming a major
benefit to those in the
Thomaston-Upson com
munity.
With a primary goal of
offering necessary clothing
and goods at low prices, the
store serves to funnel pro
ceeds back into various
ministries and organiza
tions that meet the needs of
citizens in the community,
donating more than $1 mil
lion since opening.
Upson Area COVID-19 REPORT
Upson County reports
5,422 positive COVID-19
cases with 180 deaths as of
noon last Tuesday, according
to the Johns Hopkins Univer
sity & Medicine Coronavims
Resource Center.
Numbers reflect 13 new
cases (up from 10 last
week) and four new deaths
(same as four last week)
since Tuesday one week
prior. During that time,
Upson’s infection rate rose
slightly to 20.7percent, more
than one-in-five. Pike’s infec
tion rate also is 20.7 percent,
highest among neighboring
counties, followed by Lamar
at 18.4 percent.
Johns Hopkins lists the
following confirmed cases for
counties bordering Upson:
Monroe, 4,207 (up 30) cases
with 149 (up one) deaths;
Pike, 3,801 (up eight) with 70
(up one) deaths; Lamar,
3,432 (up 14) with 92 (up
two) deaths; Meriwether,
2,973 ( U P eight) with 112 (up
one) deaths; Taylor, 1,274 (up
four) with 37 (no change)
deaths; Crawford, 1,133 (up
one) with 43 (no change)
deaths; and Talbot, 738 (no
change) with 27 (no change)
deaths.
Georgia reports 1,641,036
(up 4,711; down from 8,159
last week) positive cases and
29,483 (up 309; down from
535 last week) deaths with
49.2 percent of population
vaccinated.
Missing Teen,
Continued from Front
nix City address at approx
imately 4 p.m. Monday
vestigation technology to
analyze historic cell phone
data, Kilgore said. Federal
Bureau of Investigation re
gional offices in Macon and
using Georgia Bureau of In- Auburn, Ala. provided sup-
Heating Assistance Available
Heating Assistance is
now available for elderly
residents of Butts, Craw
ford, Houston, Jones,
Lamar, Monroe, Peach,
Pike, Spalding, Twiggs,
and Upson Counties
through the Middle Geor
gia Community Action
Agency.
Households where all
members are 65 years of
age or older or home-
bound households may
contact the scheduling
system at 1-844-588-1552
or online at
https ://mgcaa. appoint
ment.works/ea/home for
an appointment. All other
income eligible house
holds may schedule an
appointment or be placed
on a wait list Dec. 1, 2021.
Appointments are
made by phone or online
only. No walk-ins will be
accepted.
To be eligible for assis
tance, households must
have a gross annual in
come at or below 60 per
cent of the state median
income level which
amounts to: $26,474 for
one-person household;
$34,619 for two-person
household; $42,765 for
three-person household;
$50,911 for four-person
household; $59,057 for
five-person household;
$67,203 for six-person
household; $68,730 for
seven-person household;
and $70,257 for eight-
person household.
A minimum of the fol
lowing items will be re
quired to verify eligibility
for assistance:
•Verification of all
household income for
every person living in the
home for the past 30
days. Please bring all doc
umentation because we
are no longer able to ob
tain information for ap
plicants.
•Social Security cards
for every person living in
the household
•ID - driver’s license
for everyone over the age
of 18 in household
•Recent heating bill
with the service address
and account number
printed on it
•Recent electric bill
with the service address
and account number
printed on it
•Recent water bill with
service address and ac
count number printed on
it
This program is avail
able to all eligible appli
cants regardless of race,
color, national origin,
age, sex, political beliefs,
or handicap.
port and assistance.
A male subject was de
tained at the location of the
recovery and is expected to
be charged with interstate
interference with child cus
tody, a felony, according to
Kilgore.
Bradford was reported
missing since 11:30 p.m.
Saturday from an NJROTC
competition at Camp
Thunder which included
thousands of participants
from the Southeast.
Volunteers and agencies
providing ground and air
support during the search
included Upson volunteer
fire departments, Emer
gency Management Agency,
Department of Natural Re
sources, state helicopter
service, Pike County drones
with infrared technology,
and individual volunteers
with all-terrain vehicles and
UTVs.
“We wish to commend
and thank all who partici
pated for their assistance in
this case,” Kilgore said.
“This investigation is active
and ongoing.”
First Presbyterian Church:
Now Offering
Mother’s Morning Out Program
ARPA Funds,
Continued from 3A
The governor’s allocation
for grants to eligible courts,
prosecutors, and related
agencies will come from the
$4.8 billion in ARPA funds
apportioned to the State of
Georgia to mitigate negative
economic impacts caused by
the COVID-19 public health
emergency. Georgia’s judici
ary operated under a State
wide Judicial Emergency
Order from March 2020
through June 2021, and nec
essary limitations on court
operations to protect the
health of those working in
and coming to courthouses
during this time resulted in a
significant backlog of crim
inal and civil cases, particu
larly those requiring jury
trials to resolve.
Since the judicial emer
gency order expired on June
30, 2021, courts have in
creased efforts to resolve
cases, but the ongoing pan
demic continues to limit the
pace and scale of court oper
ations as public health meas
ures remain in place. This
ARPA funding will provide
an opportunity for eligible
courts, prosecutors, and re
lated agencies to hire ad
ditional staff and acquire
temporary workspaces and
courtroom facilities to ad
dress the backlog of cases.
Priority will be given to
eliminating the backlog of
serious violent felony cases
in superior courts around
the state, given the impact of
those cases on public safety
and the significant burdens
they place on the judicial
system. Serious violent fel
onies include murder, armed
robbery, kidnapping, rape,
aggravated child molesta
tion, aggravated sodomy,
and aggravated sexual bat
tery.
“We are hoping some of
this money will be allotted to
my office to be used for ad
ditional prosecutors,” Griffin
Judicial Circuit District At
torney Marie Broder said.
“More prosecutors would
allow us to push through the
backlog that we have more
quickly. I don’t know, yet,
how the money will be dis
tributed, but I’m certainly
hopeful.”
The Judicial Council of
Georgia, which serves as the
policymaking body for the
judicial branch, has estab
lished the Ad Hoc Commit
tee on American Rescue Plan
Act Funding to oversee the
application process for
grants to eligible courts,
prosecutors, and related
agencies. Supreme Court of
Georgia Presiding Justice
Michael P. Boggs will serve
as the committee’s chair, and
the Judicial Council’s Ad
ministrative Office of the
Courts will facilitate the
grant application, awarding,
compliance, and reporting
processes. The funds must
be spent by Dec. 31, 2024.
“We look forward to dis
tributing these funds as soon
as possible to assist our
courts in addressing the
backlog of cases involving
serious violent crimes, which
will aid in improving public
safety,” said Presiding Jus
tice Boggs.
More information on
grant requirements, applica
tion timelines, and contact
information is forthcoming
at https://jcaoc.georgia-
courts.gov/.
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